Rice — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Rice — Area harvested was 37.02 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 37.02 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 37.02 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19.02 million ha, in 1961.
That places Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 6th out of 33 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.68 million ha | 19.02 million ha | 21.53 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21.00 million ha | 20.34 million ha | 21.89 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.15 million ha | 21.35 million ha | 23.13 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.62 million ha | 22.25 million ha | 25.55 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.73 million ha | 25.51 million ha | 30.64 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.74 million ha | 31.67 million ha | 34.76 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.64 million ha | 34.38 million ha | 37.02 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 3 China, mainland 29.01 million ha compare
- 4 Bangladesh 11.45 million ha compare
- 5 Thailand 11.25 million ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 10.05 million ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 7.06 million ha compare
- 8 Myanmar 7.02 million ha compare
- 9 Philippines 4.65 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.07 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 467,729 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,020 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 7.49 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 482,612 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 43.68 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 21.06 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 596,645 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.83 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 56.51 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Rice — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 37.02 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 37.02 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.02 million ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for rice — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 6th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.